"Stumping," or making political speeches in favor of a candidate,
cause, or campaign has been around since before the 1800s, when
speechmaking was frequently portrayed as delivered from the base of
a tree. The practice, which has been strongly associated with the
American frontier, British agitators, and colonial Australia,
remains an effective component of contemporary democratic politics.
In his engaging book On the Stump, Sean Scalmer provides the first
comprehensive, transnational history of the "stump speech." He
traces the development and transformation of campaign oratory, as
well as how national elections and public life and culture have
been shaped by debate over the past century. Scalmer presents an
eloquent study of how "stumping" careers were made, sustained,
remembered, and exploited, to capture the complex rhythms of
political change over the years. On the Stump examines the
distinctive dramatic and performative styles of celebrity orators
including Davy Crockett, Henry Clay, and William Gladstone.
Ultimately, Scalmer recovers the history of the stump speech and
its historical significance in order to better understand how
political change is forged.
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